Kobe Bryant’s Former Maid’s Lawsuit Continues

Maria Jimenez, Kobe and Vanessa Bryant’s former maid, sued the Lakers star and his wife in March, claiming wrongful termination and alleging that during the seven months in which she worked for the couple in their Newport Coast home, Vanessa Bryant “badgered, harassed and humiliated her.” According to Myfoxla.com, attorneys for Bryant and his wife argued in newly filed legal papers that Jimenez’s lawsuit should be dismissed on grounds of failing several standards of law. Bryant has denied that Jimenez quit when Vanessa demanded that she pick out a receipt for a blouse out of a bag of dog feces, although the legal papers filed Thursday content that even if the claims made by Maria were true they would still not be legal.

Jimenez also claims invasion of privacy, due to the extensive video surveillance that Bryant’s Newport Coast home is outfitted with; on one occasion the couple caught her stealing a blouse on video while she claims she brought it from home. Attorneys for the Bryants cite case law to dismiss all claims and argue that Jimenez’s attorney William Vogeler is trying the “kitchen sink” approach, as the lawsuit also claims intentional infliction of emotional distress and a new allegation of stalking (included by Jimenez’s lawyers in a subsequent motion). Read the full article at Myfox.la.com.

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Posted in General on August 27, 2009

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